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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
1.— PHYSOLOBIUM CARINATUM Benth. THE LARGE-KEELED PHYSOLOBIUM. 
Engravings. — The Botanist, 1. 183 ; and omfig. 6, in PI. 25. 
Specific Character. — Leaflets obovate, orbiculate, retuse, subun- 
dulated at the margin, downy beneath. Stipules and bracts broadly 
ovate, acuminate, subconnate. Keel quite as long as the wings, very 
broad, and suddenly curved at the top so as to be blunt at the end. 
Legume much swollen and hairy. 
Description, &c. — This very ornamental plant is one of the small genus Physolohium, the species in which I 
have been separated from Zichya and the other allied genera on account of the pod, which, though partly filled by i 
cellular tissue when the plants are young, becomes hollow between the seeds as they progress towards maturity. j 
The flowers of this species are veiy ornamental, resembling those of Zichya in form, though they diff er in their jl 
mode of arrangement, the peduncles being few-flowered. The species is a native of the neighbourhood of the Swan | 
River and the coast of King George’s Sound, whence it was introduced in 1840. J 
2.— PHYSOLOBIUM STIRLINGI Benth. 
Synonyme. — Kennedya Stirlingi lAndl. 
Engraving. — Bot. Reg., t. 1845. 
Specific Character. — Leaves liaving three leaflets, which arc sub- 
I'otund-ovate. Petiole and stem hairy. Stipules broadly ovate, acute. 
SIR JAMES STIRLING’S PHYSOLOBIUM. 
Bracteas fasciculate or verticillate, sometimes three-lobed, and some- 
times forming a small involucre. Flowers in pairs. Calyx and 
peduncle hairj’. 
Description, &c. — A trailing plant, a native of the banks of the Swan River, whence it was sent home in I 
1835, by Sir James Stirling, in compliment to whom it has been named. Of this plant Dr. Lindley observes, that j| 
“ its thin, broad, pale green leaves, fringed with long weak hau’s, and its twin scarlet flowers, sufficiently characterise | 
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it ; ” but that it is also “ botanically remarkable for having its bracts collected into a whorl, or even grown together 
into a little involucre.” } 
GENUS XLIII. ! 
ERYTHRINA Lin. THE CORAL TREE. | 
Lin. Syst. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx tubular, with a truncate, somewhat 
dentate border, or spathaceous. Corolla with a very long oblong 
vexillum ; wings, as well as the dipetalous keel, much shorter than 
the vexillum. Stamens diadelplious, straight, the tenth one adhering 
more or less to the rest, but sometimes free, much shorter than the 
wings, rarely deficient. Legume long, torulose, many-seeded, two- 
valved. Seeds ovate, having a lateral hilum. {G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This is a genus of very showy plants, most of which are natives of hot countries, with very | 
large ornamental flowers. In the West Indies some of the species are known by the general name of Coffee | 
Mamma, because, from their rapid growth and luxmdant foliage, it is customary to plant them in the coffee 
plantations to serve as a protection to the young coffee plants till they have attained a sufficient size to be safe 
from the danger of being withered up by the scorching heat of the sun. Some few of the species, which are natives 
of Mexico and South America, are sufficiently hardy to require only greenhouse heat in this country. The name 
of Erythrina is from a Greek word, signifying red, in reference to the colour of the flowers. 
1.— ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI Lin. THE COOK’S COMB CORAL TREE. 
Engravings. — Smith’s Exotic Botany, t. 95; Sweet’s Brit. Flow. I Leaflets oval or ovate, glaucescent, coriaceous, bluntish. Calyx trun- 
Gard., t. 214. cate, somewhat bidentate. Stamens nine connected, but with the tenth 
Specific Character. — Stems w'oody. Petioles prickly, glandular, j free. Keel three times the length of the calyx. ((?. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This species, though generally considered to be very common, is, in fact, extremely rare, 
as it is continually confounded with E. laurifolia, which is found in almost every collection under the name of 
